Nokia World rumor roundup: what to expect from Abu Dhabi

Apple’s not the only one with big news coming soon, and in just a matter of hours, Nokia’s throwing a Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi. There’s a lot to cover here, so let’s dive right in to the device that feels like it’s the nexus of this announcement, the Lumia 1520.

In fact, word quickly arrived that this wasn’t just going to be a Lumia 1520 event, but could feature significantly more hardware: half-a-dozen some models. We’ll get to those in just a second.

More recently, we’ve seen leaked cases, and heard about possible color options for the 1520. It should have a six-inch 1080p display, 2GB of RAM, 20-megapixel PureView camera, run a Snapdragon 800 SoC, and be available with either 16GB or 32GB of internal storage. Of course, that 1080p screen and quad-core chip mean shipping with WP8 GDR3.

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